The guillotine used to execute Nazi resistance siblings Sophie and Hans Scholl in 1943 appears to have been found in southern Germany after being thought lost for decades, a museum said Friday.

The blood-stained device which had a some 15-kilo blade was identified after 18 months of research at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich where it had been in storage for around 40 years without anyone realising, a museum official said.

Sybe Wartena, the museum's head of folklore, said a couple of factors indicated it was "with great likelihood" the one used in the execution of the Scholls, members of the White Rose student resistance group, who were detained after distributing flyers at a city university.

No other prison in Bavaria carried out as many executions as Stadelheim prison, where the Scholls were guillotined, and the mechanism clearly shows evidence of having often been used, he said.

I always found that period of time to be fascinating. I think I would have loved to have been alive back then.

Yes, but only for the pre-war years. The Apocalypse that engulfed Germany in 1943-1949 is nnot something I would have liked to have lived through, except perhaps on a small farm where I would not be affected.

Yes, but only for the pre-war years. The Apocalypse that engulfed Germany in 1943-1949 is nnot something I would have liked to have lived through, except perhaps on a small farm where I would not be affected.

Sadly, lots of these small isolated farms were pillaged by the invading soviets. The bolsheviks left nothing unspoiled in their mission to rape and kill every German they found.

Lucky find. Now they have guillotine ready for use on those traitorous politicians.

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Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. - Potter StewartThe worst form of inequality is to try make unequal things equal. - Aristotle.Political power comes from physical occupation: not historical rights, not title deeds, not moral rights - only occupation. Those people who occupy a territory determine the nature of the society in that region. - Arthur Kemp.